Fulvous-Whistling Duck X Greater White-Fronted Goose U Snow Goose C Ross s Goose U Brant U Cackling Goose U Canada Goose C Mute Swan* C Trumpeter Swan C Tundra Swan C Wood Duck C Gadwall C Eurasian Wigeon U American Wigeon C American Black Duck C Mallard C Blue-Winged Teal C Northern Shoveler C Northern Pintail C Green-Winged Teal C Canvasback C Redhead C Ring-Necked Duck C Greater Scaup C Lesser Scaup C King Eider U Harlequin Duck U Surf Scoter C White-Winged Scoter U Black Scoter C Long-Tailed Duck U Bufflehead C Common Goldeneye C Hooded Merganser C Common Merganser C Red-Breasted Merganser C Ruddy Duck C Northern Bobwhite C
Ring-Necked Pheasant* C Ruffed Grouse C Wild Turkey C Red-Throated Loon U Common Loon C Pied-Billed Grebe C Horned Grebe C Red-Necked Grebe U Eared Grebe U Western Grebe X Northern Gannet U Double-Crested Cormorant C American White Pelican U American Bittern U Least Bittern U Great Blue Heron C Great Egret C Snowy Egret C Little Blue Heron U Tricolored Heron U Cattle Egret U Green Heron C Black-Crowned Night-Heron C Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron U
White Ibis X Glossy Ibis U White-Faced Ibis X Black Vulture C Turkey Vulture C Osprey C Mississippi Kite U Bald Eagle C Northern Harrier C Sharp-Shinned Hawk C Cooper s Hawk C Northern Goshawk U Red-Shouldered Hawk C Broad-Winged Hawk C Red-Tailed Hawk C Rough-Legged Hawk C Golden Eagle U American Kestrel C Merlin C Peregrine Falcon C Yellow Rail U Black Rail X King Rail U Virginia Rail C Sora C Purple Gallinule U Common Gallinule C American Coot C
Sandhill Crane C Black-Bellied Plover C American Golden-Plover C Semipalmated Plover C Piping Plover U Killdeer C Black-Necked Stilt U American Avocet U Spotted Sandpiper C Solitary Sandpiper C Greater Yellowlegs C Willet U Lesser Yellowlegs C Upland Sandpiper U Whimbrel U Hudsonian Godwit U Marbled Godwit U Ruddy Turnstone C Red Knot U Sanderling C Semipalmated Sandpiper C Western Sandpiper C Least Sandpiper C White-Rumped Sandpiper C Baird s Sandpiper C Pectoral Sandpiper C Purple Sandpiper U Dunlin C Stilt Sandpiper C Buff-Breasted Sandpiper U Ruff U Short-Billed Dowitcher C Long-Billed Dowitcher C Wilson s Snipe C
American Woodcock C Wilson s Phalarope U Red-Necked Phalarope U Red Phalarope U Black-Legged Kittiwake C Sabine s Gull U Bonaparte s Gull C Black-Headed Gull U Little Gull U Laughing Gull U Franklin s Gull U Ring-Billed Gull C California Gull U Herring Gull C Thayer s Gull U Iceland Gull U Lesser-Black Backed Gull U Glaucous Gull U Great-Black Backed Gull C Least Tern U Caspian Tern C Black Tern U Common Tern C Forster s Tern C Pomarine Jaeger U Parasitic Jaeger U Long-Tailed Jaeger X Thick-Billed Murre X Rock Pigeon* C Eurasian Collared-Dove* U Mourning Dove C
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo C Black-Billed Cuckoo C Barn Owl C Eastern Screech-Owl C Great Horned Owl C Snowy Owl U Barred Owl C Long-Eared Owl U Short-Eared Owl U Northern Saw-Whet Owl U Common Nighthawk C Chuck-Will s-widow U Whip-Poor-Will C Chimney Swift C Ruby-Throated Hummingbird C Rufous Hummingbird U Belted Kingfisher C Red-Headed Woodpecker C Red-Bellied Woodpecker C Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker C
Downy Woodpecker C Hairy-Woodpecker C Black-Backed Woodpecker X Northern Flicker C Pileated Woodpecker C Olive-Sided Flycatcher U Eastern Wood-Pewee C Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher C Acadian Flycatcher C Alder Flycatcher C Willow Flycatcher C Least Flycatcher C Eastern Phoebe C Great-Crested Flycatcher C Western Kingbird U Eastern Kingbird C Loggerhead Shrike U Northern Shrike U White-Eyed Vireo C Bell s Vireo U Yellow-Throated Vireo C Blue-Headed Vireo C Warbling Vireo C Philadelphia Vireo C Red-Eyed Vireo C Blue Jay C American Crow C Common Raven U Horned Lark C
Purple Martin C Tree Swallow C Northern Rough-Winged Swallow C Bank Swallow C Cliff Swallow C Cave Swallow X Barn Swallow C Carolina Chickadee C Black-Capped Chickadee C Tufted Titmouse C Red-Breasted Nuthatch C White-Breasted Nuthatch C Brown Creeper C Carolina Wren C House Wren C Winter Wren C Sedge Wren U Marsh Wren C Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher C Golden-Crowned Kinglet C Ruby-Crowned Kinglet C
Eastern Bluebird C Veery C Gray-Cheeked Thrush C Swainson s Thrush C Hermit Thrush C Wood Thrush C American Robin C Varied Thrush U Gray Catbird C Northern Mockingbird C Brown Thrasher C European Starling* C American Pipit C Bohemian Waxwing U Cedar Waxwing C Lapland Longspur C Smith s Longspur U Snow Bunting C Ovenbird C Worm-Eating Warbler C Louisiana Waterthrush C Northern Waterthrush C Golden-Winged Warbler U
Blue-Winged Warbler C Black-and-White Warbler C Prothonotary Warbler C Swainson s Warbler X Tennessee Warbler C Orange-Crowned Warbler C Nashville Warbler C Connecticut Warbler U Mourning Warbler U Kentucky Warbler C Common Yellowthroat C Hooded Warbler C American Redstart C Kirtland s Warbler U Cape May Warbler C Cerulean Warbler C Northern Parula C Magnolia Warbler C Bay-Breasted Warbler C Blackburnian Warbler C Yellow Warbler C Chestnut-Sided Warbler C Blackpoll Warbler C Black-Throated Blue Warbler C Palm Warbler C Pine Warbler C Yellow-Rumped Warbler C Yellow-Throated Warbler C Prairie Warbler C Black-Throated Green Warbler C Canada Warbler C Wilson s Warbler C Yellow-Breasted Chat C Eastern Towhee C American Tree Sparrow C Chipping Sparrow C Clay-Colored Sparrow U Field Sparrow C Vesper Sparrow C Lark Sparrow U Lark Bunting X Savannah Sparrow C Grasshopper Sparrow C
Henslow s Sparrow C Le Conte s Sparrow U Nelson s Sparrow U Fox Sparrow C Song Sparrow C Lincoln s Sparrow C Swamp Sparrow C White-Throated Sparrow C Harris s Sparrow U White-Crowned Sparrow C Dark-Eyed Junco C Summer Tanager C Scarlet Tanager C Northern Cardinal C Rose-Breasted Grosbeak C Blue Grosbeak C Indigo Bunting C Dickcissel C Bobolink C Red-Winged Blackbird C Eastern Meadowlark C Western Meadowlark U Yellow-Headed Blackbird U Rusty Blackbird C Brewer s Blackbird U Common Grackle C Brown-Headed Cowbird C Orchard Oriole C Baltimore Oriole C Pine Grosbeak U Purple Finch C House Finch C Red Crossbill U White-Winged Crossbill C Common Redpoll U Hoary Redpoll X Pine Siskin C American Goldfinch C
Evening Grosbeak U House Sparrow* C
Bird watching is a growing hobby, and Ohio is a great place to go bird watching. With 330 well-documented species on the Ohio bird list, Ohio provides almost endless opportunities to see great birds everywhere you go. But of the 331 species in this checklist, about 180 species nest in Ohio annually. The birds included in this list are listed as one of three things. Birds listed as rare (X), have only 11-20 confirmed records in Ohio since January 1, 2012 (all data in this checklist was compiled in fall of 2013) listed as uncommon include birds that are unusual, though not rare, in Ohio, and may not be seen annually in the state. An example is the Golden Eagle. While not a rare visitor to Ohio, it also may not be seen every year in the state. Birds listed as common are easily found throughout most of the state, and make up the vast majority of birds on this checklist, standing at 225 species. Introduced species are marked with an asterisk symbol (*), and spe-cies that annually breed in Ohio are boldfaced. C Common; Easily Found throughout most of Ohio. U Uncommon; May not occur annually in Ohio, though not rare. X Rare; 11-20 records since January 2012. If you would like to find out more about Ohio birds, you can visit our website at www.birdsofohio.webnode.com On our website you will find information on bird feeding, bird houses, Ohio s non-native species, and a list of helpful resources including books and website links. You will also find a Birding Basics page with all of the information you need to get started birding or help a friend get started bird watching. Also be sure to check out the user interaction page and submit us your bird watching stories and photos. Feel free to contact us at